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Disney•Pixar Cars

Open-world racing adventure with film characters and minigames

Beenox · Published by THQ, Disney · Released Feb 24, 2015

AdventureRacing

Reviews
Very Positive
91% of 2,916
Recent reviews
Very Positive
94% of 19 in 30 days
Playing now
8
right now
Steam Deck
Playable
Last update
Unknown
no patch notes found

Metacritic: 73/100 (critic reviews)

What is Disney•Pixar Cars?

You start as Lightning McQueen, a rookie aiming for the Piston Cup Championship, in a racing adventure based on Disney•Pixar's Cars. Drive through open areas, enter races, and play minigames as characters from the film.

For you if...

  • +you like family-friendly racing with room to explore
  • +you enjoy switching between races and minigames

Not for you if...

  • you want only track races, without exploration or minigames
  • you prefer racing games without a film-based story

What players say

91% of 2,916 reviews are positive · 94% of 19 in the last 30 days

Players praise the nostalgia of driving through Radiator Springs and the returning film voice cast. Their most common complaint is that saves fail or become corrupted; some also report crashes and awkward default controls.

Screenshots and trailer

Disney•Pixar Cars

Disney•Pixar Cars system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

OS
Windows Me / 2000 / XP / Vista
Processor
Pentium III 800MHz or higher
Graphics
Any 3D 32MB DirectX 9 compatible graphics card (nVidia GeForce 2 or ATI Radeon 7500 or higher)
Memory
256 MB RAM
Storage
500 MB available space

PC version details

DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.

DRM
None declared on Steam
Controller
Keyboard and mouse
Platforms
Windows
Steam features
Cloud saves, Family Sharing

Steam Deck: Playable

  • Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
  • The native resolution is not the default one
  • Gamepad not enabled by default
  • All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
  • In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
  • Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
  • External controllers are not supported for the primary player

Multiplayer and co-op

Languages

Full audio: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Swedish. Text only: Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Norwegian, Portuguese - Portugal.

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